1And it came to pass while I was thinking things like these with regard to my father Terah in the court of my house,
2the voice of the Mighty One3 came down from heaven in a stream of fire,
3saying and calling: “Abraham, Abraham!”, and I said: “Here am I”.
4And He said: “You are seeking in the understanding of your heart for the God of Gods, the Creator.
5I am He. Go out from your father Terah, and get out from the house, that you too may not be slain in the sins of your father’s house.”
6So I went out, and it came to pass that before I succeeded in getting out in front of the entrance of the court,
7there came a sound of a great thunder and burnt him and his house.
8So everything in his house, down to the ground, forty cubits. 4 Show notes 1 can be also traslated “venerable”*2* Literally “*I will investigate* (or *examine*) *before your concerning”**3* From the Hebrew *hǎ’el, “GOD”* cf. 4Ezra 9, 45*4* The Midrashic story about the burning of Terah’s house is really based upon an interpretation of the Biblical “Ur of the Chaldees” (Gen 11, 31 ; 15, 7). Here “Ur” is interpreted as “fire”, Abraham was brought out of the “Ur” (“fire”) by the LORD ## PART II THE APOCALYPSE OF ABRAHAM (Cap. 9-32)